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*TRADITIONAL KITE*

*TRADITIONAL KITE*

After a long tough, I decided to go ahead and do this colorfull kite. It will make it's debut tomorrow at Seal Beach, CA. in memory of:

Memorial Kite Fly to Celebrate the Life of Monty Weston- Sept 9th 1:00PM to 5 PM

Where: Seal Beach, California (Ocean Avenue & Main Street)

On the beach, North/Right side of the Seal Beach Pier (looking at the pier from Ocean)

Though titled â€œMemorials,â€

Re: *TRADITIONAL KITE*

Posted: Mon, Oct 01 2007, 09:58 AM

by Hector Herrera

Traditional kite has been "MODERNISED"... I replaced the long bamboo sticks with P90 skyshark spars, and I found a way to make the center easy accessable for an easy assembly. IT WORKS JUST FINE. with the new changes I can set up the kite in a minute, and up in the air. It flies very smooth...

Re: *TRADITIONAL KITE*

Posted: Mon, Oct 01 2007, 10:45 AM

by Mike

nice!
How big is it?

Here's an old hexagon shaped kite of mine. I used 4' wood dowels for the spars, so it is 4' wide. The spars just cross over in the middle and pass thru a loop of line. The bridle is attached to the top two corners and the center loop of line.

Re: *TRADITIONAL KITE*

Posted: Mon, Oct 01 2007, 11:05 AM

by Hector Herrera

nice!
How big is it?

Here's an old hexagon shaped kite of mine. The spars just cross over in the middle and pass thru a loop of line.

It is 5 feet wide. The cross over you mention, is what I eliminated with the center device, wich is 1 1/2" OD, with ferrules to hold the spars, wich are 2' and 4 1/2" for a total width of 5'
I really like the center, is easier for assembly and transportation. When I fold the kite it's only 2 and a half feet wide, easy to put away.
Bridle is the same.